A taxonomic study employing a polyphasic approach was carried out on strain FT102(T), which was isolated from a deep-sea sediment sample collected in the south-west Indian Ocean at a depth of 2784 m. The strain was Gram-stain-negative, non-motile, rod-shaped and non-spore-forming. It grew optimally at 37-42 °C, pH 6.5-8.5 and in the presence of 1-4% (w/v) NaCl. Phylogenetic analysis of 16S rRNA gene sequences confirmed the separation of the novel strain from recognized members of the genus Kangiella that are available in public databases. Strain FT102(T) exhibited 95.5-98.6% 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity to the type strains of the eight recognized species of the genus Kangiella. The chemotaxonomically characteristic fatty acid iso-C15:0 and ubiquinone Q-8 were also detected. The major polar lipids were phosphatidylglycerol, diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylethanolamine and phosphatidylmonomethylethanolamine. The DNA G + C content of strain FT102(T) was 45.0 mol%. The mean DNA-DNA relatedness values between strain FT102(T) and the type strains of Kangiella aquimarina and Kangiella koreensis were 47.3% and 13.7%, respectively. The combined results of phylogenetic, physiological and chemotaxonomic studies indicated that strain FT102(T) was affiliated with the genus Kangiella but differed from the recognized species of the genus Kangiella. Therefore, strain FT102T represents a novel species of the genus Kangiella, for which the name Kangiella profundi sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is FT102(T) ( = CGMCC 1.12959(T) = KCTC 42297(T) = JCM 30232(T)).